Humidor.



G. GRAND.

HUMIDOR' APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12, I915 Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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GEORGE GRAND, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2?. 19M.

Application filed Dctober 12, 1915. Serial No. 55,447.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known'that I, GEORGE GRAND, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Humidors, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to humidors for cigars, cigarettes or the like and has for its movement in one direction,

primary object the provision of a device of this character which will be sanitary and designed to prevent the cigars from being unnecessarily handled, and for effecting a single delivery of the same and for readily ex posing the cigar so that it may be conveniently removed by the smoker.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a receptacle adapted to contain the cigarettes, means for supporting the receptacle for sliding movements and for receiving therefrom, in the-course of its a single cigar and for retaining the cigar in a position -where it may be freeiy removed after the receptacle is again returned to its initial position.

A still further object ofthe invention is to provide a structure of the character described, consisting of a sliding receptacle and a supporting base therefor and means for effecting a thorough circulation of moist air through the cigar containing space of the receptacle, and for sealing said space from the atmosphere when the receptacle is in a closed position.

A further object of the invention is said to reside in a sliding receptacle and a supporting base therefor. and means for guiding the former in its sliding movements upon the latter and for minimizing the possibility of the receptacle binding against the Walls of the base on movements of the receptacle. I

In the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like reference numerals indicatesimilar parts in the several views Figure l is a perspective view of the humidor.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the serru =wing base.

.1. The strips sealing surface,

Walls 3-3 andconnecting end walls H, the latter being of concavo-convex form so that vertical channels 5 are produced for a purpose to be hereinafter referred to. At the upper end, the column is closed by a concavo-convex cigar receiver or rest-plate 6, the horizontally arranged chan nel 7 of which is adapted to receive and retain the cigar upon delivery of the same thereto. The walls 3+3 of the column 2, are spaced from each other so as .to form therebetween a moistening chamber which is designed to contain anabsorbent material 8. The side walls 3-3 have suitable perforations 9 therein to permitof afree circulation of moisture through the chamber as will be observed on ings.

The rest plate 6 is hinged at 10' to the sidewalls 3-3 so that itv may be moved to a osition which will enable the material 8 to e saturated with liquid and to also expose the chamber in order that the user may remove. old and useless material 8, and substitute therefor clean material as the occasion may require. When' closed, the restplate comes suitably 3-3, and the plate may in a horizontal position.

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be uniformly held delivered singly from the humidor, use is made of a receptacle 11, having side walls 12-12 connecting end walls 1313 and a crown 14:. This receptacle carries a fixed hopper bottom consisting of downwardly curved walls 15-45, which are spaced from each other so that their edges 16 about come in touch with the side walls 33 of the column 2. The end walls 1313.of the receptacle have vertical convexities 17 which extend into the channels 5. These convexities carry packing strips 18, which are located near the top of the column 2, and in horizontal alinement with similar packing strips 19, upon the edges 20-20 of the crown 14. The edges 2020 are spaced from one another so that an intervening slot is formed therebetween to receive the column '2 therethrough, as shown in Fig. 18 and the strips 19, combine with .each other to form a continuous air and jointly they are demed. to bear against the adjacent walls he column 2 so that the air is excluded i he cigar containing space within the ptacle, when the latter is closed.

The lower edges of the walls 12-12 and reference to the drawbetween the side walls 13-13 are provided with packing strips 21 which yieldingly come in contact with the upper surface of the base 1, so as to securely seal the joint between the said base and bottom of the receptacle. The described sealing means at the top of the receptacle, when taken with the mentioned sealing means at the bottom of said receptacle, provides for an absolute closing of the receptacle to the atmosphere when the receptacle is closed.

By forming the receptacle with the mentioned hopper-bottom, it follows that the cigars are free to gravitate toward the sides of the column 2 whereby, when the receptacle is raised to a certain point upon the column, one cigar will freely deposit itself upon the rest-plate 6 where it will be easily and readily exposed and arranged so that it may be conveniently removed after returning the receptacle to its normal position. The column 2 has a height greater than that of the receptacle in order that the latter will not become accidentally displaced from the column on upward movement of the receptacle.

The channels 5, through the fact that they receive the correspondingly formed convexitics 17 of the walls 13, serve to prevent any tendency of the receptacle to bind upon the column during the time of moving the former respectively to discharge and normal positions. The structure will permit of free sliding movements of the receptacle as will be readily seen.

That is claimed as new is:-

1. A cigar humidor, comprising a base having a column, a receptacle surrounding the column and slidable thereon and provided with means for effecting a single delivery of the cigars upon the column at a point above the top of the receptacle, and a moistening agent within the column for supplying moisture into the receptacle, and a closure plate movable over the upper end of the column and forming a rest for the cigars so that the same may be removed on returning the receptacle to its normal position.

2. A cigar humidor embodying a base having a column formed with apertures in a portion of its .length, a receptacle surrounding the column and .slidable thereon and provided with means for effecting a single delivery of the cigars upon the column at a point above the top of the receptacle, a moistening agent within the column for supplying moisture through the apertures of the column and into the receptacle, and packing strips carried by the receptacle and freely bearing against the upper end of the column, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A cigar humidor embodying a base having a column formed with apertures in a portion of its length, a rounding the column and slidable thereon and provided with means for eflecting a single delivery of the cigars upon the column at a point above the top of the receptacle, a moistening agent within the column for supplying moisture through the apertures of the column and into the receptacle, and packing strips carried by the receptacle and freely bearing against the upper end of the column, and further packing strips upon the base of the receptacle and adapted to contact with said base, preventing the admission of air Within the bottom of the receptacle.

4. A cigar humidor comprising a base having a column formed with concavo-convexed side walls, a receptacle having its side walls formed with vertical convexities adapted to extend into the channeled side receptacle surwalls of the column for guiding the sliding I GEORGE GRAND.

\Vitnesses JAMES C.-K0EHL, Gno. A. BYRNn.

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